Departments, agencies and public bodies

1. Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street

Ministerial departments

There are 23 Ministerial departments

23

1. Attorney General's Office

   Works with 4 agencies and public bodies

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   Non-ministerial department

   • Crown Prosecution Service
   • Government Legal Department
   • Serious Fraud Office

   Other

   • HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate

2. Cabinet Office

   Works with 24 agencies and public bodies

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   Executive Office

   • Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street

   Ministerial Department

   • Office of the Leader of the House of Commons
   • Office of the Leader of the House of Lords

   Non-ministerial department

   • UK Statistics Authority

   Executive agency

   • Crown Commercial Service
   • Government Property Agency

   Executive non-departmental public body

   • Civil Service Commission
   • Equality and Human Rights Commission

   Advisory non-departmental public body

   • Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
   • Boundary Commission for England
   • Boundary Commission for Wales
   • Committee on Standards in Public Life
   • House of Lords Appointments Commission
   • Security Vetting Appeals Panel
   • Senior Salaries Review Body

   Other

   • Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities
   • Commissioner for Public Appointments
   • Equality Hub
   • Government Equalities Office
   • Government Estates Management
   • Infrastructure and Projects Authority
   • Office of the Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists
   • Privy Council Office

   Civil service

   • Civil Service

3. Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy

   Works with 41 agencies and public bodies

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   Non-ministerial department

   • Competition and Markets Authority
   • HM Land Registry
   • Ofgem

   Executive agency

   • Companies House
   • The Insolvency Service
   • Intellectual Property Office
   • Met Office
   • UK Space Agency

   Executive non-departmental public body

   • Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service
   • British Hallmarking Council
   • Civil Nuclear Police Authority
   • Coal Authority
   • Committee on Climate Change
   • Competition Service
   • Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
   • Small Business Commissioner
   • UK Atomic Energy Authority
   • UK Research and Innovation

   Advisory non-departmental public body

   • Committee on Fuel Poverty
   • Committee on Radioactive Waste Management
   • Industrial Development Advisory Board
   • Land Registration Rule Committee
   • Low Pay Commission
   • Nuclear Liabilities Financing Assurance Board
   • Regulatory Policy Committee

   Tribunal

   • Central Arbitration Committee
   • Competition Appeal Tribunal
   • Copyright Tribunal

   Public corporation

   • Ordnance Survey

   Other

   • British Business Bank
   • Certification Officer
   • Commissioner for Shale Gas
   • Council for Science and Technology
   • Financial Reporting Council
   • Government Office for Science
   • Groceries Code Adjudicator
   • Independent Complaints Reviewer
   • Office of Manpower Economics
   • Office of the Regulator of Community Interest Companies
   • Oil and Gas Authority
   • Pubs Code Adjudicator

4. Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

   Works with 45 agencies and public bodies

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   Non-ministerial department

   • The Charity Commission
   • The National Archives

   Executive non-departmental public body

   • Arts Council England
   • Birmingham Organising Committee for the 2022 Commonwealth Games Ltd
   • British Film Institute
   • British Library
   • British Museum
   • Gambling Commission
   • Geffrye Museum
   • Historic England
   • Horniman Public Museum and Public Park Trust
   • Horserace Betting Levy Board
   • Imperial War Museum
   • Information Commissioner's Office
   • National Gallery
   • National Heritage Memorial Fund
   • The National Lottery Community Fund
   • National Museums Liverpool
   • National Portrait Gallery
   • Natural History Museum
   • Royal Armouries Museum
   • Royal Museums Greenwich
   • Science Museum Group
   • Sir John Soane's Museum
   • Sport England
   • Sports Grounds Safety Authority
   • Tate
   • UK Anti-Doping
   • UK Sport
   • Victoria and Albert Museum
   • VisitBritain
   • VisitEngland
   • Wallace Collection

   Advisory non-departmental public body

   • The Advisory Council on National Records and Archives
   • The Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art and Objects of Cultural Interest
   • The Theatres Trust
   • Treasure Valuation Committee

   Public corporation

   • BBC
   • Channel 4
   • Historic Royal Palaces

   Other

   • Churches Conservation Trust
   • National Citizen Service
   • Ofcom
   • Phone-paid Services Authority
   • S4C

5. Department for Education

   Works with 18 agencies and public bodies

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   Non-ministerial department

   • Ofqual
   • Ofsted

   Executive agency

   • Education and Skills Funding Agency
   • Standards and Testing Agency
   • Teaching Regulation Agency

   Executive non-departmental public body

   • Construction Industry Training Board
   • Engineering Construction Industry Training Board
   • Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education
   • LocatED
   • Office for Students
   • Office of the Children's Commissioner
   • Social Work England
   • Student Loans Company

   Advisory non-departmental public body

   • School Teachers' Review Body
   • Social Mobility Commission

   Other

   • Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel
   • Independent Review Mechanism
   • Office of the Schools Adjudicator

6. Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs

   Works with 33 agencies and public bodies

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   Non-ministerial department

   • Forestry Commission
   • The Water Services Regulation Authority

   Executive agency

   • Animal and Plant Health Agency
   • Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
   • Rural Payments Agency
   • Veterinary Medicines Directorate

   Executive non-departmental public body

   • Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board
   • Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
   • Consumer Council for Water
   • Environment Agency
   • Joint Nature Conservation Committee
   • Marine Management Organisation
   • National Forest Company
   • Natural England
   • Sea Fish Industry Authority

   Advisory non-departmental public body

   • Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment
   • Independent Agricultural Appeals Panel
   • Science Advisory Council
   • Veterinary Products Committee

   Tribunal

   • Plant Varieties and Seeds Tribunal

   Other

   • Broads Authority
   • Covent Garden Market Authority
   • Dartmoor National Park Authority
   • Drinking Water Inspectorate
   • Exmoor National Park Authority
   • Lake District National Park Authority
   • New Forest National Park Authority
   • North York Moors National Park Authority
   • Northumberland National Park Authority
   • Peak District National Park Authority
   • South Downs National Park Authority
   • UK Co-ordinating Body
   • Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority

7. Department for International Trade

8. Department for Transport

   Works with 24 agencies and public bodies

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   Non-ministerial department

   • Office of Rail and Road

   Executive agency

   • Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
   • Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
   • Maritime and Coastguard Agency
   • Vehicle Certification Agency

   Executive non-departmental public body

   • British Transport Police Authority
   • Directly Operated Railways Limited
   • High Speed Two (HS2) Limited
   • Northern Lighthouse Board
   • Transport Focus
   • Trinity House

   Advisory non-departmental public body

   • Independent Commission on Civil Aviation Noise

   Tribunal

   • Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain

   Public corporation

   • Civil Aviation Authority
   • Crossrail International
   • London and Continental Railways Limited

   Other

   • Air Accidents Investigation Branch
   • DfT OLR Holdings Limited
   • Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee
   • East West Railway Company Limited
   • Highways England
   • Marine Accident Investigation Branch
   • Network Rail
   • Rail Accident Investigation Branch

9. Department for Work & Pensions

   Works with 15 agencies and public bodies

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   Executive non-departmental public body

   • Disabled People’s Employment Corporation (GB) Ltd
   • Health and Safety Executive
   • The Pensions Advisory Service
   • The Pensions Regulator
   • Single Financial Guidance Body

   Advisory non-departmental public body

   • Industrial Injuries Advisory Council
   • Social Security Advisory Committee

   Tribunal

   • The Pension Protection Fund Ombudsman
   • The Pensions Ombudsman

   Public corporation

   • National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) Corporation
   • Office for Nuclear Regulation
   • Pension Protection Fund

   Other

   • BPDTS Ltd
   • Independent Case Examiner
   • Remploy Pension Scheme Trustees Ltd

10. Department of Health & Social Care

    Works with 29 agencies and public bodies

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    Executive agency

    • Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
    • Public Health England

    Executive non-departmental public body

    • Care Quality Commission
    • Health Education England
    • Health Research Authority
    • Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority
    • Human Tissue Authority
    • NHS Blood and Transplant
    • NHS Business Services Authority
    • NHS Digital
    • NHS England
    • NHS Resolution
    • National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
    • Social Work England

    Advisory non-departmental public body

    • Advisory Committee on Clinical Excellence Awards
    • British Pharmacopoeia Commission
    • Commission on Human Medicines
    • Committee on Mutagenicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment
    • Independent Reconfiguration Panel
    • NHS Pay Review Body
    • Review Body on Doctors' and Dentists' Remuneration

    Other

    • Accelerated Access Review
    • Administration of Radioactive Substances Advisory Committee
    • Morecambe Bay Investigation
    • NHS Counter Fraud Authority
    • NHS Improvement
    • National Data Guardian
    • National Information Board
    • Porton Biopharma Limited

11. Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

    Works with 12 agencies and public bodies

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    Executive agency

    • Wilton Park

    Executive non-departmental public body

    • British Council
    • Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK
    • Great Britain-China Centre
    • Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission
    • Westminster Foundation for Democracy

    Advisory non-departmental public body

    • Independent Commission for Aid Impact

    Public corporation

    • BBC World Service

    Other

    • Chevening Scholarship Programme
    • FCDO Services
    • Government Communications Headquarters
    • Secret Intelligence Service

12. HM Treasury

    Works with 14 agencies and public bodies

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    Non-ministerial department

    • Government Actuary's Department
    • NS&I

    Executive agency

    • Government Internal Audit Agency
    • National Infrastructure Commission
    • UK Debt Management Office

    Executive non-departmental public body

    • Office for Budget Responsibility

    Advisory non-departmental public body

    • Royal Mint Advisory Committee

    Other

    • The Crown Estate
    • Financial Conduct Authority
    • Infrastructure and Projects Authority
    • Payment Systems Regulator
    • Royal Mint
    • UK Asset Resolution Limited
    • UK Government Investments

13. Home Office

    Works with 30 agencies and public bodies

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    Executive non-departmental public body

    • Disclosure and Barring Service
    • Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority
    • Independent Office for Police Conduct
    • Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner
    • Security Industry Authority

    Advisory non-departmental public body

    • Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
    • Animals in Science Committee
    • Biometrics and Forensics Ethics Group
    • Migration Advisory Committee
    • Police Advisory Board for England and Wales
    • Police Remuneration Review Body
    • Technical Advisory Board

    Tribunal

    • Investigatory Powers Tribunal
    • Police Discipline Appeals Tribunal

    Independent monitoring body

    • Independent Anti-slavery Commissioner

    Other

    • The Adjudicator’s Office
    • Biometrics Commissioner
    • College of Policing
    • Commission for Countering Extremism
    • Forensic Science Regulator
    • HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services
    • Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration
    • Independent Family Returns Panel
    • Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation
    • Investigatory Powers Commissioner's Office
    • National Counter Terrorism Security Office
    • National Crime Agency Remuneration Review Body
    • Office for Communications Data Authorisations
    • The Security Service
    • Surveillance Camera Commissioner

14. Ministry of Defence

    Works with 24 agencies and public bodies

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    Executive agency

    • Defence Electronics and Components Agency
    • Defence Equipment and Support
    • Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
    • Submarine Delivery Agency
    • UK Hydrographic Office

    Executive non-departmental public body

    • Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust
    • National Army Museum
    • National Museum of the Royal Navy
    • Royal Air Force Museum
    • Single Source Regulations Office

    Advisory non-departmental public body

    • Advisory Committee on Conscientious Objectors
    • Armed Forces' Pay Review Body
    • Defence Nuclear Safety Committee
    • Independent Medical Expert Group
    • Nuclear Research Advisory Council
    • Scientific Advisory Committee on the Medical Implications of Less-Lethal Weapons
    • Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committees

    Public corporation

    • The Oil and Pipelines Agency

    Ad-hoc advisory group

    • Advisory Group on Military and Emergency Response Medicine
    • Central Advisory Committee on Compensation
    • Defence and Security Media Advisory Committee

    Other

    • Reserve Forces' and Cadets' Associations (RFCA)
    • Service Complaints Ombudsman
    • Service Prosecuting Authority

15. Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government

    Works with 12 agencies and public bodies

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    Executive agency

    • Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre

    Executive non-departmental public body

    • Ebbsfleet Development Corporation
    • Homes England
    • Housing Ombudsman
    • Leasehold Advisory Service
    • Regulator of Social Housing
    • Valuation Tribunal Service

    Advisory non-departmental public body

    • Building Regulations Advisory Committee

    Tribunal

    • Valuation Tribunal for England

    Public corporation

    • Architects Registration Board

    Other

    • Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman
    • UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation

16. Ministry of Justice

    Works with 34 agencies and public bodies

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    Executive agency

    • Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority
    • HM Courts & Tribunals Service
    • Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service
    • Legal Aid Agency
    • Office of the Public Guardian

    Executive non-departmental public body

    • Cafcass
    • Criminal Cases Review Commission
    • Independent Monitoring Authority for the Citizens’ Rights Agreements
    • Judicial Appointments Commission
    • Legal Services Board
    • Parole Board
    • Youth Justice Board for England and Wales

    Advisory non-departmental public body

    • Advisory Committees on Justices of the Peace
    • Civil Justice Council
    • Civil Procedure Rule Committee
    • Criminal Procedure Rule Committee
    • Family Justice Council
    • Family Procedure Rule Committee
    • Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody
    • Insolvency Rules Committee
    • Law Commission
    • Prison Service Pay Review Body
    • Sentencing Council for England and Wales
    • Tribunal Procedure Committee

    Other

    • Academy for Social Justice
    • HM Inspectorate of Prisons
    • HM Inspectorate of Probation
    • Independent Monitoring Boards
    • Judicial Appointments and Conduct Ombudsman
    • Judicial Office
    • The Legal Ombudsman
    • Official Solicitor and Public Trustee
    • Prisons and Probation Ombudsman
    • Victims' Commissioner

17. Northern Ireland Office

    Works with 3 agencies and public bodies

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    Executive non-departmental public body

    • Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission
    • Parades Commission for Northern Ireland

    Advisory non-departmental public body

    • Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland

18. Office of the Advocate General for Scotland

19. Office of the Leader of the House of Commons

20. Office of the Leader of the House of Lords

21. Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland

    Works with 1 public body

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    Advisory non-departmental public body

    • Boundary Commission for Scotland

22. Office of the Secretary of State for Wales

23. UK Export Finance

    Works with 1 public body

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    Other

    • Export Guarantees Advisory Council

Non ministerial departments

There are 20 Non ministerial departments

20

1. The Charity Commission
2. Competition and Markets Authority
3. Crown Prosecution Service separate website
4. Food Standards Agency separate website

   Works with 7 agencies and public bodies

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   Advisory non-departmental public body

   • Advisory Committee on Animal Feedingstuffs
   • Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes
   • Advisory Committee on the Microbiological Safety of Food
   • Committee on Mutagenicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment
   • Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment
   • General Advisory Committee on Science
   • Social Science Research Committee
5. Forestry Commission

   Works with 2 agencies and public bodies

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   Executive agency

   • Forest Research
   • Forestry England
6. Government Actuary's Department
7. Government Legal Department
8. HM Land Registry
9. HM Revenue & Customs

   Works with 2 agencies and public bodies

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   Executive agency

   • Valuation Office Agency

   Other

   • The Adjudicator’s Office
10. NS&I separate website
11. The National Archives separate website
12. National Crime Agency separate website
13. Office of Rail and Road separate website
14. Ofgem separate website
15. Ofqual
16. Ofsted
17. Serious Fraud Office separate website
18. Supreme Court of the United Kingdom separate website
19. UK Statistics Authority separate website

    Works with 1 public body

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    Other

    • Office for National Statistics
20. The Water Services Regulation Authority separate website

Agencies and other public bodies

There are 409 Agencies and other public bodies

409

1. Academy for Social Justice
2. Accelerated Access Review
3. The Adjudicator’s Office
4. Administration of Radioactive Substances Advisory Committee
5. Advisory Committee on Animal Feedingstuffs separate website
6. Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
7. Advisory Committee on Clinical Excellence Awards
8. Advisory Committee on Conscientious Objectors
9. Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes separate website
10. Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment
11. Advisory Committee on the Microbiological Safety of Food separate website
12. Advisory Committees on Justices of the Peace separate website
13. The Advisory Council on National Records and Archives separate website
14. Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
15. Advisory Group on Military and Emergency Response Medicine
16. Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service separate website
17. Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (Northern Ireland) separate website
18. Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board separate website
19. Air Accidents Investigation Branch
20. Animal and Plant Health Agency
21. Animals in Science Committee
22. Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust separate website
23. Armed Forces' Pay Review Body
24. Arts Council England separate website
25. Arts Council of Northern Ireland separate website
26. Arts Council of Wales separate website
27. Arts and Humanities Research Council separate website
28. BPDTS Ltd
29. Bank of England separate website
30. Biometrics Commissioner
31. Biometrics and Forensics Ethics Group
32. Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council separate website
33. Birmingham Organising Committee for the 2022 Commonwealth Games Ltd separate website
34. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew separate website
35. Boundary Commission for England separate website
36. Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland separate website
37. Boundary Commission for Scotland separate website
38. Boundary Commission for Wales separate website
39. British Business Bank separate website
40. British Council separate website
41. British Film Institute separate website
42. British Hallmarking Council
43. British Library separate website
44. British Museum separate website
45. British Pharmacopoeia Commission separate website
46. British Transport Police Authority separate website
47. Broads Authority separate website
48. Building Regulations Advisory Committee
49. Cafcass separate website
50. Care Quality Commission separate website
51. Careers Wales separate website
52. Central Advisory Committee on Compensation
53. Central Arbitration Committee
54. Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
55. Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure separate website
56. Certification Officer
57. Chevening Scholarship Programme separate website
58. Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel
59. Churches Conservation Trust separate website
60. Civil Justice Council separate website
61. Civil Nuclear Police Authority
62. Civil Procedure Rule Committee
63. Civil Service Commission separate website
64. Coal Authority
65. College of Policing separate website
66. Commission for Countering Extremism
67. Commission on Human Medicines
68. Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities
69. Commissioner for Public Appointments separate website
70. Commissioner for Shale Gas
71. Committee on Climate Change separate website
72. Committee on Fuel Poverty
73. Committee on Mutagenicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment
74. Committee on Radioactive Waste Management
75. Committee on Standards in Public Life
76. Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment separate website
77. Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK
78. Companies House
79. Company Names Tribunal
80. Competition Appeal Tribunal separate website
81. Competition Service separate website
82. Construction Industry Training Board separate website
83. Consumer Council for Water separate website
84. Copyright Tribunal
85. Council for Science and Technology
86. Covent Garden Market Authority separate website
87. Criminal Cases Review Commission separate website
88. Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority
89. Criminal Procedure Rule Committee
90. Crown Commercial Service
91. The Crown Estate separate website
92. Dartmoor National Park Authority separate website
93. Defence Electronics and Components Agency
94. Defence Equipment and Support
95. Defence Nuclear Safety Committee
96. Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
97. Defence and Security Media Advisory Committee separate website
98. Department for Communities (Northern Ireland) separate website

    Works with 2 agencies and public bodies

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    Executive non-departmental public body

    • Northern Ireland Housing Executive

    Other

    • Arts Council of Northern Ireland
99. Department for Infrastructure (Northern Ireland) separate website
100. Department for the Economy (Northern Ireland) separate website
101. Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Northern Ireland) separate website

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     Executive non-departmental public body

     • Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (Northern Ireland)
     • Livestock and Meat Commission for Northern Ireland
102. Department of Education (Northern Ireland) separate website

     Works with 1 public body

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     Executive non-departmental public body

     • Northern Ireland Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment
103. Department of Finance (Northern Ireland) separate website

     Works with 1 public body

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     Executive agency

     • Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency
104. Department of Health (Northern Ireland) separate website

     Works with 1 public body

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     Other

     • Public Health Agency (Northern Ireland)
105. Department of Justice (Northern Ireland) separate website

     Works with 7 agencies and public bodies

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     Executive agency

     • Legal Services Agency (Northern Ireland)
     • Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service
     • Northern Ireland Prison Service
     • Youth Justice Agency of Northern Ireland

     Executive non-departmental public body

     • Northern Ireland Policing Board
     • Police Service of Northern Ireland

     Other

     • Office of the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland
106. DfT OLR Holdings Limited
107. Directly Operated Railways Limited separate website
108. Disabled People’s Employment Corporation (GB) Ltd separate website
109. Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee
110. Disclosure and Barring Service
111. Dounreay
112. Drinking Water Inspectorate separate website
113. Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
114. Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
115. East West Railway Company Limited separate website
116. Ebbsfleet Development Corporation separate website
117. Economic and Social Research Council separate website
118. Education and Skills Funding Agency
119. The Electoral Commission separate website
120. Engineering Construction Industry Training Board separate website
121. Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council separate website
122. English Institute of Sport separate website
123. Environment Agency
124. Equality Hub
125. Equality and Human Rights Commission separate website
126. Estyn separate website
127. The Executive Office (Northern Ireland) separate website
128. Exmoor National Park Authority separate website
129. Export Guarantees Advisory Council
130. FCDO Services separate website
131. Family Justice Council separate website
132. Family Procedure Rule Committee
133. Financial Conduct Authority separate website
134. Financial Reporting Council separate website
135. Fire Service College separate website
136. Forensic Science Regulator
137. Forest Research separate website
138. Forestry England separate website
139. Gambling Commission separate website
140. Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority separate website
141. Geffrye Museum separate website
142. General Advisory Committee on Science separate website
143. Government Communications Headquarters separate website

     Works with 1 public body

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     Other

     • Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure
144. Government Equalities Office

     Works with 1 public body

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     Other

     • Equality Hub
145. Government Estates Management
146. Government Internal Audit Agency
147. Government Office for Science
148. Government Property Agency
149. Great Britain-China Centre separate website
150. Groceries Code Adjudicator
151. HM Courts & Tribunals Service
152. HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate separate website
153. HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services separate website
154. HM Inspectorate of Prisons separate website
155. HM Inspectorate of Probation separate website
156. HM Prison Service
157. HSC Business Services Organisation (Northern Ireland) separate website
158. Health Education England separate website
159. Health Research Authority separate website
160. Health and Safety Executive separate website
161. Her Majesty's Government Communications Centre separate website
162. Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service

     Works with 2 agencies and public bodies

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     Executive agency

     • HM Prison Service

     Other

     • National Probation Service
163. High Speed Two (HS2) Limited
164. Higher Education Statistics Agency separate website
165. Highways England
166. Historic England separate website
167. Homes England
168. Horniman Public Museum and Public Park Trust separate website
169. Horserace Betting Levy Board separate website
170. House of Lords Appointments Commission separate website
171. Housing Ombudsman separate website
172. Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority separate website
173. Human Tissue Authority separate website
174. Imperial War Museum separate website
175. Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody separate website
176. Independent Agricultural Appeals Panel
177. Independent Anti-slavery Commissioner separate website
178. Independent Case Examiner
179. Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration
180. Independent Commission for Aid Impact separate website
181. Independent Commission on Civil Aviation Noise separate website
182. Independent Commission on Freedom of Information
183. Independent Complaints Reviewer separate website
184. Independent Dormant Assets Commission
185. Independent Family Returns Panel
186. Independent Medical Expert Group
187. Independent Monitoring Authority for the Citizens’ Rights Agreements separate website
188. Independent Monitoring Boards separate website
189. Independent Office for Police Conduct separate website
190. Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority separate website
191. Independent Reconfiguration Panel
192. Independent Review Mechanism
193. Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation separate website
194. Industrial Development Advisory Board
195. Industrial Injuries Advisory Council
196. Information Commissioner's Office separate website
197. Infrastructure and Projects Authority
198. Insolvency Rules Committee
199. The Insolvency Service
200. Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education separate website
201. Intellectual Property Office

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     Other

     • Company Names Tribunal
202. Investigatory Powers Commissioner's Office separate website
203. Investigatory Powers Tribunal separate website
204. Iraq Inquiry separate website
205. Joint Nature Conservation Committee separate website
206. Judicial Appointments Commission separate website
207. Judicial Appointments and Conduct Ombudsman
208. Judicial Office separate website
209. Lake District National Park Authority separate website
210. Lammy Review
211. Land Registration Rule Committee
212. Law Commission separate website
213. Leasehold Advisory Service separate website
214. Legal Aid Agency
215. The Legal Ombudsman separate website
216. Legal Services Agency (Northern Ireland) separate website
217. Legal Services Board separate website
218. Livestock and Meat Commission for Northern Ireland separate website
219. Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman separate website
220. LocatED separate website
221. Low Level Waste Repository Ltd
222. Low Pay Commission
223. Magnox Ltd
224. Marine Accident Investigation Branch
225. Marine Management Organisation
226. Maritime and Coastguard Agency
227. Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission separate website
228. Medical Research Council separate website
229. Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
230. Met Office separate website
231. Migration Advisory Committee
232. Morecambe Bay Investigation
233. NHS Blood and Transplant separate website
234. NHS Business Services Authority separate website
235. NHS Counter Fraud Authority separate website
236. NHS Digital separate website
237. NHS England separate website
238. NHS Improvement separate website
239. NHS Pay Review Body
240. NHS Resolution separate website
241. NHS Wales Informatics Service separate website
242. National Army Museum separate website
243. National Citizen Service separate website
244. National Counter Terrorism Security Office
245. National Crime Agency Remuneration Review Body
246. National Data Guardian
247. National Forest Company separate website
248. National Gallery separate website
249. National Heritage Memorial Fund separate website

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     Other

     • National Lottery Heritage Fund
250. National Information Board
251. National Infrastructure Commission separate website
252. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence separate website
253. The National Lottery Community Fund separate website
254. National Lottery Heritage Fund separate website
255. National Museum of the Royal Navy separate website
256. National Museums Liverpool separate website
257. National Portrait Gallery separate website
258. National Probation Service
259. Natural England
260. Natural Environment Research Council separate website
261. Natural History Museum separate website
262. Natural Resources Wales separate website
263. Network Rail separate website
264. New Forest National Park Authority separate website
265. North York Moors National Park Authority separate website
266. Northern Ireland Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment
267. Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service separate website
268. Northern Ireland Housing Executive separate website
269. Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission separate website
270. Northern Ireland Policing Board separate website
271. Northern Ireland Prison Service separate website
272. Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency separate website
273. Northern Lighthouse Board separate website
274. Northumberland National Park Authority separate website
275. Nuclear Decommissioning Authority

     Works with 5 agencies and public bodies

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     Other

     • Dounreay
     • Low Level Waste Repository Ltd
     • Magnox Ltd
     • Radioactive Waste Management
     • Sellafield Ltd
276. Nuclear Liabilities Financing Assurance Board
277. Nuclear Research Advisory Council
278. Ofcom separate website
279. Office for Budget Responsibility separate website
280. Office for Communications Data Authorisations
281. Office for National Statistics separate website
282. Office for Students separate website
283. Office of Manpower Economics
284. Office of Tax Simplification
285. Office of the Children's Commissioner separate website
286. Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner
287. Office of the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland separate website
288. Office of the Public Guardian
289. Office of the Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists separate website
290. Office of the Regulator of Community Interest Companies
291. Office of the Schools Adjudicator
292. Official Solicitor and Public Trustee
293. Oil and Gas Authority separate website
294. Parades Commission for Northern Ireland separate website
295. The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman separate website
296. Parole Board
297. Payment Systems Regulator separate website
298. Peak District National Park Authority separate website
299. The Pension Protection Fund Ombudsman separate website
300. The Pensions Advisory Service separate website
301. The Pensions Ombudsman separate website
302. The Pensions Regulator separate website
303. Phone-paid Services Authority separate website
304. Planning Inspectorate
305. Plant Varieties and Seeds Tribunal
306. Police Advisory Board for England and Wales
307. Police Discipline Appeals Tribunal
308. Police Remuneration Review Body
309. Police Service of Northern Ireland separate website
310. Porton Biopharma Limited separate website
311. Prison Service Pay Review Body
312. Prisons and Probation Ombudsman separate website
313. Privy Council Office separate website
314. Probation Board for Northern Ireland separate website
315. Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care separate website
316. Public Health Agency (Northern Ireland) separate website
317. Public Health England
318. Public Health Wales separate website
319. Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland separate website
320. Pubs Code Adjudicator
321. Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre separate website
322. Radioactive Waste Management
323. Rail Accident Investigation Branch
324. Rail Safety and Standards Board separate website
325. Regulator of Social Housing
326. Regulatory Policy Committee
327. Remploy Pension Scheme Trustees Ltd separate website
328. Reserve Forces' and Cadets' Associations (RFCA)
329. Review Body on Doctors' and Dentists' Remuneration
330. The Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art and Objects of Cultural Interest separate website
331. Royal Air Force Museum separate website
332. Royal Armouries Museum separate website
333. Royal Mint separate website
334. Royal Mint Advisory Committee
335. Royal Museums Greenwich separate website
336. Rural Payments Agency

     Works with 1 public body

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     Advisory non-departmental public body

     • Independent Agricultural Appeals Panel
337. S4C separate website
338. School Teachers' Review Body
339. Science Advisory Council
340. Science Museum Group separate website
341. Science and Technology Facilities Council separate website
342. Scientific Advisory Committee on the Medical Implications of Less-Lethal Weapons
343. Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies
344. Sea Fish Industry Authority separate website
345. Secret Intelligence Service separate website
346. Security Industry Authority
347. The Security Service separate website

     Works with 1 public body

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     Other

     • Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure
348. Security Vetting Appeals Panel
349. Sellafield Ltd
350. Senior Salaries Review Body
351. Sentencing Council for England and Wales separate website
352. Service Complaints Ombudsman separate website
353. Service Prosecuting Authority separate website
354. Single Financial Guidance Body separate website
355. Single Source Regulations Office
356. Sir John Soane's Museum separate website
357. Small Business Commissioner
358. Social Mobility Commission

     Works with 1 public body

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     Other

     • Equality Hub
359. Social Science Research Committee separate website
360. Social Security Advisory Committee
361. Social Work England separate website
362. South Downs National Park Authority separate website
363. Sport England separate website
364. Sports Council for Wales separate website
365. Sports Grounds Safety Authority separate website
366. Stabilisation Unit
367. Standards and Testing Agency
368. Student Loans Company
369. Submarine Delivery Agency
370. Surveillance Camera Commissioner
371. Tate separate website
372. Teaching Regulation Agency
373. Technical Advisory Board
374. The Theatres Trust separate website
375. Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain
376. Transport Focus separate website
377. Treasure Valuation Committee separate website
378. Tribunal Procedure Committee
379. Trinity House separate website
380. UK Anti-Doping separate website
381. UK Asset Resolution Limited separate website
382. UK Atomic Energy Authority
383. UK Co-ordinating Body
384. UK Debt Management Office separate website
385. UK Government Investments separate website

     Works with 1 public body

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     Other

     • UK Asset Resolution Limited
386. UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation
387. UK Hydrographic Office
388. UK Research and Innovation separate website

     Works with 7 agencies and public bodies

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     Other

     • Arts and Humanities Research Council
     • Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
     • Economic and Social Research Council
     • Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
     • Medical Research Council
     • Natural Environment Research Council
     • Science and Technology Facilities Council
389. UK Space Agency
390. UK Sport separate website

     Works with 1 public body

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     Other

     • English Institute of Sport
391. Valuation Office Agency

     Works with 1 public body

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     Other

     • The Adjudicator’s Office
392. Valuation Tribunal Service separate website
393. Valuation Tribunal for England separate website
394. Vehicle Certification Agency separate website
395. Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committees
396. Veterinary Medicines Directorate
397. Veterinary Products Committee
398. Victims' Commissioner separate website
399. Victoria and Albert Museum separate website
400. VisitBritain separate website
401. VisitEngland separate website
402. Wales Audit Office separate website
403. Wallace Collection separate website
404. Welsh Language Commissioner separate website
405. Westminster Foundation for Democracy separate website
406. Wilton Park separate website
407. Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority separate website
408. Youth Justice Agency of Northern Ireland separate website
409. Youth Justice Board for England and Wales

High profile groups

There are 104 High profile groups

104

1. Bona Vacantia
2. Border Force
3. British Cattle Movement Service
4. Cabinet Office Board
5. Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles
6. Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation
7. Chief Fire and Rescue Adviser
8. Civil Nuclear Constabulary
9. Civil Service Board
10. Civil Service Fast Stream
11. Civil Service Group
12. Civil Service HR
13. Civil Service Reform
14. Conflict, Stability and Security Fund
15. Defence Academy of the United Kingdom separate website
16. Defence Infrastructure Organisation
17. Defence Nuclear Organisation
18. Defence Safety Authority
19. Defence Sixth Form College separate website
20. Defence and Security Accelerator
21. Department for International Trade Defence & Security Organisation
22. Digital, Data and Technology Profession
23. Disability Unit

    Works with 1 public body

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    Other

    • Equality Hub
24. District Valuer Services (DVS)
25. Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate
26. Export Control Joint Unit
27. Financial Services Trade and Investment Board
28. Fleet Air Arm Museum separate website
29. Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Research and Development Programme
30. Further Education Commissioner
31. Geospatial Commission
32. Gov Facility Services Limited
33. Government Analysis Function
34. Government Chemist
35. Government Commercial Function
36. Government Communication Service
37. Government Corporate Finance Profession
38. Government Data Quality Hub
39. Government Digital Service
40. Government Economic Service
41. Government Finance Function
42. Government Geography Profession
43. Government Knowledge & Information Management Profession
44. Government Legal Profession
45. Government Occupational Psychology Profession
46. Government Operational Research Service
47. Government Partnerships International
48. Government Planning Inspectors
49. Government Planning Profession
50. Government Property Function
51. Government Recruitment Service
52. Government Science & Engineering Profession
53. Government Security Profession
54. Government Skills and Curriculum Unit
55. Government Social Research Profession
56. Government Statistical Service separate website
57. Government Tax Profession
58. Government Veterinary Services
59. HM Nautical Almanac Office
60. HM Passport Office
61. Healthcare UK
62. Immigration Enforcement
63. Innovate UK
64. Intelligence Analysis
65. Internal Audit Profession
66. Life Sciences Organisation
67. Medical Profession
68. Military Aviation Authority
69. National Cyber Security Centre separate website
70. National Leadership Centre separate website
71. National security and intelligence
72. Office for Artificial Intelligence
73. Office for Civil Society
74. Office for Life Sciences
75. Office for Product Safety and Standards
76. Office for Veterans' Affairs
77. Office for Zero Emission Vehicles
78. Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation
79. Office of the Parliamentary Counsel
80. Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment and Decommissioning
81. Open Public Services
82. Operational Delivery Profession
83. Policy Profession
84. Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative
85. Procurement profession
86. Project Delivery Profession
87. Queen's Harbour Master
88. Race Disparity Unit

    Works with 1 public body

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    Other

    • Equality Hub
89. Regional Schools Commissioners
90. Royal Marines Museum separate website
91. Royal Navy Submarine Museum separate website
92. Rural Development Programme for England Network
93. Strategic Command
94. Trade Remedies Investigations Directorate
95. UK Council for Internet Safety
96. UK Defence and Security Exports
97. UK National Contact Point
98. UK Visas and Immigration
99. United Kingdom Reserve Forces Association
100. United Kingdom Security Vetting
101. Veterans UK
102. Windrush Commemoration Committee
103. Youth Custody Service
104. jHub Defence Innovation

Public corporations

There are 13 Public corporations

13

1. Architects Registration Board separate website
2. BBC separate website
3. BBC World Service separate website
4. Channel 4 separate website
5. Civil Aviation Authority separate website
6. Crossrail International separate website
7. Historic Royal Palaces separate website
8. London and Continental Railways Limited separate website
9. National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) Corporation separate website
10. Office for Nuclear Regulation separate website
11. The Oil and Pipelines Agency
12. Ordnance Survey separate website
13. Pension Protection Fund separate website

Devolved administrations

There are 3 Devolved administrations

3

1. Northern Ireland Executive separate website

   Works with 1 public body

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   Other

   • UK Co-ordinating Body
2. The Scottish Government separate website

   Works with 2 agencies and public bodies

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   Executive agency

   • Animal and Plant Health Agency

   Other

   • UK Co-ordinating Body
3. Welsh Government separate website

   Works with 4 agencies and public bodies

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   Executive agency

   • Animal and Plant Health Agency

   Other

   • Careers Wales
   • Natural Resources Wales
   • UK Co-ordinating Body

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